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WO2012018641A3
WO2012018641A3 PCT/US2011/045411 US2011045411W WO2012018641A3 WO 2012018641 A3 WO2012018641 A3 WO 2012018641A3 US 2011045411 W US2011045411 W US 2011045411W WO 2012018641 A3 WO2012018641 A3 WO 2012018641A3
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Abstract

A multi-microphone system performs location-selective processing of an acoustic signal, wherein source location is indicated by directions of arrival relative to microphone pairs at opposite sides of a midsagittal plane of a user's head.
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